“We feel that in order for Moses Lake to grow, it's the industrial engine ... and we're really trying to develop that industrial engine. Rail is one of those that's especially important for the larger, heavy industrial-type industries.”

“If we were talking about building runways, we could pretty much tell you exactly the process we need to go through. But with railroads, what we see is not going to be a short-term solution. We see this as maybe being two to five years.”